6th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (British Army)
Date Of Birth:
22/12/1894
Died:
03/10/1918 (Killed in Action)
Age:
23
Summary
William John Droogan was the eldest son of Francis and Catherine Droogan. He was born on 22nd December 1894 in Ballygawley, County Tyrone. His father worked as a railway labourer. The family lived in Grange, Ballygawley, Tyrone. William Droogan enlisted in Omagh. Lance Corporal William John Droogan was serving with the 6th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action in France and Flanders on 3rd October 1918.
Vis-en-Artois and Haucourt are villages on the straight main road from Arras to Cambrai about 10 kilometres south-east of Arras. The Memorial is the back drop to the Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery, which is west of Haucourt on the north side of the main road.
